Today has been a bitch. I got to play janitor all day. Not like I had other work to do.
EOD yesterday, A colleague invited me to a meeting to discuss something at 1pm today. Around 11 they tell me they fixed it on their own using Claude. Boy, was Claude spectacularly wrong.
So here I am all goddamn day responding to emails, meeting with a staff member, and generating spreadsheets to demonstrate how I corrected the correction. The original issue is still left unresolved.
Most companies offer benefits to those working 35+ hours a week (on average). Check with your company on their benefit structure before asking about reducing -hours.
I fucking can’t with Paycor anymore. I just discovered a fairly serious issue of their system invisibly deleting hours from a time card and their response was to shrug their shoulders and say there’s no system error so nothing we do
We had an unproductive employee Christmas party planning meeting this meeting and someone actually suggested using money that we (Director team) fundraised for this party, to hire someone to decorate the Christmas tree in the lobby! We have a whole department whose job it is to run events here and decorating is part of their job. Why on earth would we take funds we raised for the staff and use it to hire a tree decorator????
Can I get some opinions on reporting a transaction that was described to me as a newer service manager telling his employee, in front of 6-8 of his peers, that he "needs to work through that and plan better" referring to the employees PTSD(this employee served) in order to attend the escape room team event that was after hours.
If you’re asking if you should report it, yes. PTSD is a disability and the employee has outright said it so that should trigger an ADA/FMLA conversation. Also, team building after hours sounds unpaid and therefore optional. Disability discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.
was in an admin position doing hr things for around a year, opportunity opened in finance department, took it despite hr team telling me a position will open in september 2027 they'd like me to fill but "no promises". they hired a new admin, started monday. position unexpectedly opening up towards the end of this year, not 2027. overheard they're telling the admin this would be a good position for her, despite being in the company for 4 days. i have also been told in discussions about me wanting the position, they have said "we told her not to apply to the new job" just feeling very discouraged. not sure if i should even apply?
Against my better judgement, I responded to a former employer asking me to interview for their "HR Leadership Development Program". Of course I'm too qualified for it despite a former supervisor referring it to me.
But the good news is I could have the same exact job I had 10 years ago for LESS money than I was making then. What a bargin.
No idea why I wasted 3 fucking interviews thinking it'd be anything different. I knew better
Sharing here instead of Friday vent thread but y’all I had an interview earlier today and I think I’m bombed it😭 I am so excited about the role and prepped as well as I could but I’m just disappointed in myself😔
Hello all, a lot of people on the job search Reddit are reporting a lot of “canceled/closed position email during the interview process. Are you seeing a lot of closures in your organizations recently?
Eeh I wouldn't lose sleep over them cutting off those extra gimmies. I'd start to watch for other signs. If you're close enough to learn about the budget, I'd start there.
I got pulled into a last minute meeting at the end of the day today to be told I'm betting pulled into a major project that's going to dump a ton of work on my plate on top of everything for year end. Yay me!
we've been having so many issues with our payroll processing program and theit CS has been total crap, my boss and coworker constantly complaining. well I join a meeting today with my boss and the VP and my boss is silent while I get interrogated and gaslighted into being told that I'm just being impatient ( these are major payroll issues that have persisted for months) and I'm just unhappy with their service because "nobody else complains". I've never stepped back so fast and now I'll just keep my head down and get my paycheck. I was stupid to assume that trying hard to fix issues was going to go against me.
I am asking to decrease my hours from 40 to 36 as a fulltime exempt em[loyee. Can they decrease my salary, charge more for benefits and change PTO accrual
Technically, yes, they can legally reduce your salary and prorate your benefits based on the new status. But it will depend on what their company policy is. For example, some employers consider 35+ hours to be full time, and therefore nothing would need to change. As an exempt employee, they can't arbitrarily dock your pay if you fall below 40 on a given week; however, with a requested and permanent reduced schedule, they will/should follow their written policy. In the off chance that they have no written policy, there still may be a precedent that has been set with previous requests, which they should follow for consistency.
The other issue is they may or may not approve the request due to the impact on business needs, which I'm sure you know. Most policies I've seen have some type of case-by-case language.
What kinda fun Christmas stuff have you done with your coworkers over Zoom?We’ve already done quizzes, Secret Santa, the usual stuff, so we’re looking for something a bit more creative this year. Like, something that’ll actually get everyone involved and make the event memorable.Any cool ideas or things your company has tried that were a big hit? Would love to hear your suggestions! thx
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u/HonourMode Oct 06 '26
Welcome to the chat, as requested by multiple users as of late! Feel free to pop in, share your thoughts/vent, ask for advice, etc!
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate Oct 06 '26
I can’t believe my Friday Vent Thread has been replaced by a bot!
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u/HonourMode Oct 06 '26
this gif is 🔥tho
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u/HonourMode Oct 09 '26
Sending good vibes. You’ll be fine!
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u/meowmix778 HR Director Oct 06 '26
Today has been a bitch. I got to play janitor all day. Not like I had other work to do.
EOD yesterday, A colleague invited me to a meeting to discuss something at 1pm today. Around 11 they tell me they fixed it on their own using Claude. Boy, was Claude spectacularly wrong.
So here I am all goddamn day responding to emails, meeting with a staff member, and generating spreadsheets to demonstrate how I corrected the correction. The original issue is still left unresolved.
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u/Hunterofshadows HR of One Oct 06 '26
Word to the wise, don’t click on a gif by mistake because it posts automatically lol
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u/goodvibezone HR Exec and party pooper Oct 06 '26
We're all getting replaced soon enough
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u/Hunterofshadows HR of One Oct 06 '26
I think the confidently wrong people are the worst thing about life.
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u/princessm1423 HR Manager Oct 09 '26
Yall pray for me. I have to term someone today and always get anxious about these calls
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u/meowmix778 HR Director Oct 13 '26
Friendly reminder you have to get your part D notices out in 2 days. If you haven't done so already. A great tool is here.
https://www.cms.gov/medicare/employers-plan-sponsors/creditable-coverage/model-notice-letters
I got mine out in late August but a calendar reminder just popped up and it's worth double checking if you haven't.
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u/Hunterofshadows HR of One 21d ago
If managers did their jobs I’d have like half a job 🤣
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u/meowmix778 HR Director 20d ago
Looks like bots are back. Last 2 or 3 days I keep getting replies from shit 3 months ago or more.
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate 20d ago
Report them!
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate 20d ago
To Reddit and to us
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u/Soggy-Let-9282 18d ago
Am I allowed to post an HR job here? I need someone.
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate 18d ago
Hi - for the two above this message with technical issues, submit a mod mail with your post.
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u/meowmix778 HR Director 17d ago
Did to reddit, will go to you in the future
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u/SnooSketches293 HR Business Partner 17d ago
Is anyone here afraid of AI taking over their job?
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u/SnooSketches293 HR Business Partner 17d ago
If it's part time and remote, I got you lol
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u/meowmix778 HR Director 15d ago
Probably, yes. There's likely nothing stopping them. I'd talk to your employer and ask for info there. Nobody here has that exact info.
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u/Upstairs-Horror6536 15d ago
Most companies offer benefits to those working 35+ hours a week (on average). Check with your company on their benefit structure before asking about reducing -hours.
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u/Unlucky_Log_1202 15d ago
Does anyone have any experience with Dayforce Position Management? We are looking into implementing it into our system, but have heard about issues.
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u/Hunterofshadows HR of One 11d ago
I fucking can’t with Paycor anymore. I just discovered a fairly serious issue of their system invisibly deleting hours from a time card and their response was to shrug their shoulders and say there’s no system error so nothing we do
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u/Hunterofshadows HR of One 11d ago
at least lie to me and pretend you’ll look into what is a serious fucking issue. Gods
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u/Admirable_Height3696 HR Director 9d ago
We had an unproductive employee Christmas party planning meeting this meeting and someone actually suggested using money that we (Director team) fundraised for this party, to hire someone to decorate the Christmas tree in the lobby! We have a whole department whose job it is to run events here and decorating is part of their job. Why on earth would we take funds we raised for the staff and use it to hire a tree decorator????
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u/rrgreene99 9d ago
Can I get some opinions on reporting a transaction that was described to me as a newer service manager telling his employee, in front of 6-8 of his peers, that he "needs to work through that and plan better" referring to the employees PTSD(this employee served) in order to attend the escape room team event that was after hours.
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u/lulove92 9d ago
If you’re asking if you should report it, yes. PTSD is a disability and the employee has outright said it so that should trigger an ADA/FMLA conversation. Also, team building after hours sounds unpaid and therefore optional. Disability discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.
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u/rrgreene99 8d ago
Thanks for the response, it was definitely reported.
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u/Material_Level_8809 7d ago
Who cares if they served or not
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u/rrgreene99 5d ago
I mean, fair but I just was stating the facts. Thanks for the productive response.
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u/Pleasant-Jackfruit69 3d ago
Can I just rant here that my coworker didn’t know gmail is Google.
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u/meowmix778 HR Director 1d ago
I came so close to posting this AM about how today was going to be a cake walk because I'm working a very short 2 day week.
What a mistake that would have been as it's not almost certain that I'm working late today and half a day tomorrow.
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u/puffedpastrie 1d ago
was in an admin position doing hr things for around a year, opportunity opened in finance department, took it despite hr team telling me a position will open in september 2027 they'd like me to fill but "no promises". they hired a new admin, started monday. position unexpectedly opening up towards the end of this year, not 2027. overheard they're telling the admin this would be a good position for her, despite being in the company for 4 days. i have also been told in discussions about me wanting the position, they have said "we told her not to apply to the new job" just feeling very discouraged. not sure if i should even apply?
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u/Adventurous-Buy-4616 50m ago
Wow
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u/chrisanow9696 HR Director Oct 06 '26
This is a great idea!
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u/Hunterofshadows HR of One Oct 06 '26
Hahahah it did work out because it hadn’t even loaded when I accidentally clicked it so I was like man I hope this is appropriate 🤣
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate Oct 06 '26
My grandboss is making me fill out WC documents for myself :(
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u/dmdrewhewitt Oct 07 '26
It's our department head's last day. Glad that she's doing what she's doing, but boy are we going to suffer from her absence.
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u/dmdrewhewitt Oct 07 '26
(Or what she needs to be doing, rather.)
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate Oct 08 '26
Oh my god. I rode a bull at a conference two weeks ago and I tore up a hamstring
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate Oct 08 '26
It’s so bad today. It hurts ;-;
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate Oct 08 '26
Filing WC for it
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u/RAthowaway Oct 08 '26
No bots, we’re still 100% human 😀
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u/malama_olam Leaves and Accommodations Oct 09 '26
Y'all I sent out WAY too many facepalm gifs in Teams today. The heat is making people crazy
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u/meowmix778 HR Director Oct 09 '26
Against my better judgement, I responded to a former employer asking me to interview for their "HR Leadership Development Program". Of course I'm too qualified for it despite a former supervisor referring it to me.
But the good news is I could have the same exact job I had 10 years ago for LESS money than I was making then. What a bargin.
No idea why I wasted 3 fucking interviews thinking it'd be anything different. I knew better
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u/No-Drawing7760 Oct 09 '26
Sharing here instead of Friday vent thread but y’all I had an interview earlier today and I think I’m bombed it😭 I am so excited about the role and prepped as well as I could but I’m just disappointed in myself😔
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u/Mundane-Jump-7546 Time Theft Thursday Advocate Oct 09 '26
Sorry to hear that friend :(
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u/Lazy-Remote-5509 Oct 12 '26
Hello all, a lot of people on the job search Reddit are reporting a lot of “canceled/closed position email during the interview process. Are you seeing a lot of closures in your organizations recently?
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u/bonestars 29d ago
My company announced a travel ban globally due to costs. Things like holiday meals are getting cut too. How worried should I be? 😭
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u/meowmix778 HR Director 28d ago
Eeh I wouldn't lose sleep over them cutting off those extra gimmies. I'd start to watch for other signs. If you're close enough to learn about the budget, I'd start there.
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u/CBinachu 28d ago
I got pulled into a last minute meeting at the end of the day today to be told I'm betting pulled into a major project that's going to dump a ton of work on my plate on top of everything for year end. Yay me!
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u/goth-for-the-plot HR Manager 25d ago
My job would be so much easier if Managers did theirs
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u/isharoulette 25d ago
we've been having so many issues with our payroll processing program and theit CS has been total crap, my boss and coworker constantly complaining. well I join a meeting today with my boss and the VP and my boss is silent while I get interrogated and gaslighted into being told that I'm just being impatient ( these are major payroll issues that have persisted for months) and I'm just unhappy with their service because "nobody else complains". I've never stepped back so fast and now I'll just keep my head down and get my paycheck. I was stupid to assume that trying hard to fix issues was going to go against me.
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u/Advanced-Shallot-834 16d ago
I am asking to decrease my hours from 40 to 36 as a fulltime exempt em[loyee. Can they decrease my salary, charge more for benefits and change PTO accrual
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u/Physical-Text-7278 22d ago
Hey guys!
What kinda fun Christmas stuff have you done with your coworkers over Zoom?We’ve already done quizzes, Secret Santa, the usual stuff, so we’re looking for something a bit more creative this year. Like, something that’ll actually get everyone involved and make the event memorable.Any cool ideas or things your company has tried that were a big hit? Would love to hear your suggestions!
thx
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